Improvement in bird-cages



B. A. DRAYTON. Bi rd-Oa ge.

No. 222.877. Pa'tnted Dec. 23,1879

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UNrrnD STATES PATENT rOFJFrcn.

BENJAMIN A. DRAYTON, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEM ENT IN Bl R D-CAGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 222,877, dated December 23,1879; application filed October 6,1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN A. DRAYTON, of New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and valuable lmpro vement in Bird-Cages; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a sectional view of the cage, showing my improvements. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the gravel pan or a mat. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the gravelpan, taken through the line m m of Fig. 2.

This invention relates to certain improvements in bird-cages and the novelty consists,

first, in the construction of a gravel pan or mat formed with a raised rounding shoulder and a horizontal extended portion with its edge turned up, in combination with the body of a bird-cage fitting over the rounding shoulder and resting upon the extended portion of the mat; secondly, in the combination of a gravelpan having a struck-up shoulder or raised portion, a stand or base of the cage having a corresponding raised shoulder or portion fitting into the raised portion of the gravelpan, and a body or dome of a cage fitting over the shoulder and resting upon the extended portion of the gravel-pan; and, finally, in the gravel-pan as an improved article of man ufacture, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth. In the annexed drawings I have shown the improvements applied to the round cage.

The letter A represents the body or dome I of a bird-cage having a bottom band or wire,

b, which may be of the construction set forth in my Letters Patent dated August 12, 1879, No. 218,505, or of any known construction.

The letter B represents the stand or base, consisting of the dishnO and foot-piece D, which forms the bottom of the cage. This stand is made of struck-up or spun metal, according to the well-known methods. In forming the stand I cause the shoulder or the'up- ,ward projection c to be made in the metal,

for the purpose hereinafter described.

The letter E represents the gravel pan or mat, which is produced by means of dies or spun up of sheet-metal tin, with a shoulder, d, near its circumference, to rest over the shoulder 0 of the stand. This shoulder d is rounding or smooth, presenting no sharp edges or corners within the dome of the cage to injure or harm the confined bird.

The circumference or free edge,.or that portion beyond the shoulder d, of the pan extends beyond the diameter or outer surface of the body of the cage, and is turned upward, affording means for the fingers to grasp the gravel-pan and hold it in contact with the body of the cage while the dome is being removed from the stand.

It will be observed from the foregoing construction of parts that the gravel-pan rests snugly upon the stand, and the bottom band of the body of the cage fits nicely over the shoulder and upon the extended portion of the gravel-pan, thus holding steadily and firmly the body of the cage in position with the aid of the clamping-hooks e, or their equivalents. It is rather desirable that these shoulders in the stand and gravel-pan should be formed, in order to prevent the gravel-pan and body of the cage from rattling, and thereby disturbing the bird; also, the struck-up shoulder 01 has the effect to retain the sand within the pan and prevent it and other matter from passin g out. p

When the gravel pan or mat is desired to be removed for cleaning, refilling, or the bird to take his bath, the clampin g-hooks are turned back or released from engagement. Thisallows the removal of the gravel-pan with the body of the cage, which, in this case, serves as a barrier to prevent-the escape of the in:

mate.

It may be remarked inthis connection that barriers have heretofore been used in connection with the body of the cage to prevent the escape of the inmate; but in all cases, as far as I am able to learn, they were fitted within the cage-body, requiring mechanical means to sustain them in position.

Portions of the circumference of the gravelpan at intervals, as at h, may be cut away, so as not to interfere with the fastening devices of the stand.

Theseimprovements can be applied to square and other shaped cages by a slight change.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. As an improved article of manufacture, the gravel pan or mat for a bird-cage, constructed of sheet metal, with the raised rounding shoulder and the horizontal extended portion having its edge turned up, substantially as shown and set forth.

2. The combination of a gravel pan or mat having the raised rounding shoulder near the circumference and the horizontal extended portion having its edge turned up, and the body of a bird-cage fitting over the rounded shoulder and resting upon the extended portion of the mat, substantially as described. and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of the stand having a raised shoulder, a gravel-pan with raised shoulder and extended flange, and the body of a cage, all arranged in the manner as hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

BENJ. A. DRAYTON.

Witnesses:

HENRY K. THOMAS, E. A. GARTHWAITE. 

